Vincent Zhou Just Fired Back at a Reporter Who Said Figure Skating Isn't a Sport

“I have the utmost respect for figure skaters, only a few people in the universe can do it and they deserve my praise. But it’s not a sport,” Edward Egros said on Twitter, echoing the sentiment of another user.

“Your job is to be a sports reporter. Figure skating is not a sport to you. Stick to reporting on “real sports”, do your job, and we’ll do ours,” he wrote.

Zhou will be competing on Feb. 16. “I feel like I’m ready to skate the two biggest programs of my life,” Zhou said in a news conference on Tuesday. “I’ve been preparing extensively for my eight minutes on the ice.”

See the exchange below.

THANK YOU! I have the utmost respect for figure skaters, only a few people in the universe can do it and they deserve my praise.